Tag: Scotland
Auld Lang Syne: In Bangladesh and in parts of India, the melody is well known as the setting for a song by poet Rabindranath Tagore. Danish poet Jeppe Aakjær …
On November 30th, people in Scotland, along with those of Scottish descent and interest in such far flung places as New Zealand, Texas, and Argentina, will celebrate Saint Andrew’s …
In autumn, Highland Perthshire turns copper, red, and gold: it’s known as The Big Tree Country, and with good reason. As roads and walkways traverse mountain and valley in …
North Uist is a small island in the Western Isles of Scotland. The Atlantic Ocean crashes to the west and the waters of the Minch, which lies between the …
Emily Smith finds landscape and history, and the connections between them, endlessly inspiring for her music. That’s as true for the songs she writes herself as for the music …
The Scottish Borders and the Himalayas in India do not at first seem to have much in common. Through the imaginations of the musicians of India Alba, however, the …
Ancient stone monuments, white sand beaches, crashing seas, wildflowers — and contemporary Scottish life and work. This is life in the Outer Hebrides. Musician Julie Fowlis grew up in …
Islay is an island of in-between mythicality. Dangling on the end of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, it escapes the overwhelming tourism of Skye but has less edge-of-the-world freshness and excitement …
The Outer Hebrides sit far out from the Scottish mainland like a crust of land left by a receding tide. Stand on the Western edge of Lewis or Harris …
If there is such a thing as God’s country, Scotland would be it. We are flying low, over green farmland threaded with yellow gorse in bloom, headed to the …
